Fruit jar opener



July 25, 1933. c HT FRUIT JAR OPENER Filed Feb. 8, 1933 Patented July 25, 1933 v onrrron n asoimcnnon HI'INTINGT N,'INDIANA 1 b FRUIT JARorENn-R Application filed February 8, 931%. "erial lilo, 855,869. V I p v This invention 'relatestoimprovements in Fig-.- 2 is a perspective of-my e eners,:defruit jar openers, and the principal object tached, but showing a portion cut away to of the invention is to provide a resilient expose the rows of projections. cup-shaped body closely conforming with Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the opener;

the exterior of a conventional Mason fruit As shown, the Mason fruit jar Ais of 51*;

jar top, said body having integral lugs on usual conventional form, provided with the the outer side Walls thereof'spaced diametriusual top B which is threaded on its side cally opposite each other to permit the body walls in the usual manner, the jar and top t b fi l grasped b -th hand of the opforming no part of my presentinvention.

emtoifor turning the body, said body hav- My novel opener consists of an inverted do j a l lit f rows f i a dl j t. cup-shaped member 1, preferably formed of 111g int ral roj ctio upon it inner id rubber or other resilient or pliable material, said projections being substantially conical n l Conf rmS Wlth the shape of the" ordinary in form, and adapted to frictionally engage ll 1 1 top 13 except that same 1s provided 15 the outer side-walls of the jar top; and said Wlth e al Opening 2 -1n 1ts top. The in- 6'5 body being further provided with a central il Clmme -er of member 1 1s somewhat Opening in its top so that, when the peraless than the dlEUHGtQI' Of 1311 6 1301) B S O that ll] tor grasps and compresses the body in order st be Stretched sl ghtly in applying same to bring the projections into frictional conto the p B asm Flg. 1. I g

tact with thejar top the body may be readily The 1 1616 Walls of member 1 are 76 deformed sufiiciently to allow such distortion molded. SmOOth, nd dlalnetrlcally disposed and compression. lugs or cars? are molded integrally wlth the Heretofore plain rings have been used but member, Sald g p ears belng nded as th h t proved ti f t as th shown and extending substantially the full operators h d g1ips A1 i h rings height of the member to'permlt the hand of 7%,; the outside walls have been corrugated or he Operator to firmly grasp the member in' knurled, but this roughening has not proved chlhpresslllg and lotiltlhg the m m r to satisfactory because it hurts the hands. My tlghteh 1003611 the 11 The dy 1 1S ring is made perfectly smooth 'on the out y Placed Over t J P y g p- ,l

side except for the lugs or ears. The body 5-1 the lugs,or ears? good P can he is made somewhat smaller than the cap, and Whlch P hl rollhtlhg the member to 013811 is simply placed over-the jar lid so that h fi g h PQ P hand grasping the lugs or ears a good fir n W111 not Sllp. maklng the exterlor of the grip may be had thereon which willpermit member 1 SmOO'Ch h h nd f the operator "rotation of the body to open the lid, and 7 W111 not chidedrubbed 1h uslhg h will also permit the same to be tightened, P h and Smooth y and h1g5 W111 and the operators hand will not slip. not y y l h h hands of the p I in l i th i ti ith f ator in so far as it 1s.res1l1ent, and constant ence to the accompanying drawing which of the Opener W 1 not m the Op 7 illustrates several practical; embodiments tors hand? Sorethereof to enable others to adopt and use 011 the v h slde Walls f the m m er 1' the same; and will summarize in the claim are a P y h f of lhtegml Q l the novel features of construction, and novel h p l proiectwns h l to combinations of parts for which protection h hy. engage the Outer Slde Walls of h 411-1 1 i d fruit ar topvB, when the operator places lllS v In the drawing hand over the cup-shaped member 1 and Fig. 1 is an elevation of the upper ortion compresses the'same to bring the rubber proof a Mason fruit jar with top applied jections 4 against the sides of the jar cap B.- showing, in partial section, my novel top When so compressed and twisted the cup I 50 remover applied thereto. shaped member -1 will rotate the jar cap B so 10 that the jar cap may be readily removed vfrom and tightened. upon the jar A Without the hand of the operator at any time engaging or touching the jar cap, thereby preventing rubs, sores, or cuts to the hand usually experienced inremoving the caps using opener rings having corrugated or knurled exterior surfaces. My opener is perfectly smooth on the outer sides and the grip is upon the ears or lugs. While I show two such lugs in the drawing more or less could be used to keep the hand from slipping.

The opener may be made very inexpensively,'and can be molded all in one piece, and when it comes from the mold it is practically ready for the market. Also the openers CLIFFORD A. SCHACHT. 

